Sheet-metal cuspidor



(No Model.)

G. T. SUTTERLEY.

SHEET METAL GUSPIDOR.

Patents d ApryS, 1883.

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GILBERT T. SUTTERLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHEET-METAL CUSPIDOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,285, dated April 3, 1883.

Application filed March 1, 1883. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I, GILBERT T. SUTTERLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Sheet Metal Ouspidors, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates tocertain improvements in securing together the various parts composing a sheet-metal cuspidor, the object of my invention being to dispense with the soldered joints usually employed for this purpose. This object I attain in the manner which lwill now proceed to describe, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows the parts of my improved cuspidor before they are fitted and secured together, and Fig. 2 a sectional view of the completed cuspidor.

A isthe flaring month-piece of the cuspidor; B, the upper section of the body; D, the lower section of the same, and F the base, these parts being formed either by striking up or spinning, in the usual manner. Around the upper edge of the section B of the body the metal is bent, so as to form a groove, a, and on the lower edge of the mouth-piece A is formed a flange, b. This flange fits snugly to the opening in the section B, and after it has been inserted therein the flange is pressed up into the groove a, as shown in Fig. 2, thus forming a lap-joint, which effectually secures the two parts together without the use of solder. On the upper edge of the lower section, D, of the body is formed a hollow rib, d, and on the lower edge of the upper section, B, is a similar rib, f, slightly larger in diameter than the rib (I, so that it can be forced down over the said rib. The rib f is also somewhat deeper than the rib cl, so that when the two portions of the body have been brought together that portion of the rib f which projects below-the rib d can be pressed inward, as shown in Fig. 2, thereby firmly uniting the two sections. In the bottom of the section D is a central depression, 9. This depression is formed in the first instance with verticalsides m, and on the upper edge of the base F is formed a vertical flange, 0:, adapted to fit snugly into the depression. When the parts have been thus fitted together they are subjected to the action of suitable dies, whereby the flange n is flared outwardly and the sides of the depression pressed inward, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to form a dovetail joint between the two parts, the inward pressure on the sides m, however, not being sufficient to flatten said sides down into contact with the shell D, so that a close joint at this point is avoided, and better facilities are afl'orded for cleansing the cuspidor and preventing the corroding of the joint than when the parts are brought closely into contact with each other.

By the above method of construction I am enabled to form all of the joints by simple press-work, without the use of solder, and the manufacture of the cuspidor is thus materially simplified and cheapened.

v I claim as my invention l. The combination of the upper section, B, of the body of the cuspidor, having the groove aaround its upper edge, with'the mouth-piece A, having a flange, I), pressed up into said groove, as set forth.

2. The combination of the lower section, D, having a hollow rib, 6?, around its upper edge, with the upper section, B, having a hollow rib,f, adapted to the rib d, and locked beneath the same, as set forth.

3. The combination of the base F, having around its upper edge a flaring flange, n, with the lower section, I), of the body, having in the bottom a depression, 9, with sides m bent inward to coincide with the flaring flange of the base, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

G. T. SUTTERLEY.

Witnesses:

HARRY DRURY, HARRY SMITH. 

